Author: Chronicle Editor

Mario Balotelli kicked the ball into the crowd and threatened to walk off the pitch following racial abuse during Brescia’s defeat by Hellas Verona.

After losing Andre Gomes to a serious-looking leg injury, Everton scored an equaliser during 12 minutes of added time against Tottenham.

The Adamawa Police Command has confirmed the arrest of an alleged fake medical doctor in Modire-Yolde-Pate ward in Yola

Saudi Aramco has confirmed it is planning to list on the Riyadh stock exchange, in what could be the world’s biggest initial public offering (IPO).

Worried by the internal crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), ex-Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, says the party may lose power in 2023. “If nothing is not urgently done to re-position its leadership the party may lose its hold on power in 2023,” he said. Senator Okorocha spoke in Kano on Saturday against the backdrop of the protracted feud between the APC National Chairman, Adams Aliyu Oshiomole and Edo Governor Godwin Obasaki. Border closure: Our members’ jobs threatened, says Union leader He said:” A political party should be a group of people who share common political interest…

The Nigerian Army has urged Nigerians to ignore a publication by Bricks advising citizens on measures to put in place to avoid being arrested or molested by troops with regards to implementation of the Operation Positive Identification. This was made known on Saturday in a statement signed by Col Sahir Musa, Acting Director, Army Public Relations.  It reads, “This follows the widespread apprehension on the purported Nigerian Army (NA) operation positive identification from 1 November to 23 December 2019, as mischievously peddled on the social media by a hitherto unknown and fictitious organization, the so called Bricks company, which alleges…

The Host Communities of Nigeria HOSCON, yesterday, demanded return of the  Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, back to the Presidency from the Ministry of Niger Delta without further delay. HOSCON, led by Dr Mike Emuh, in a statement,  claimed the Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio, was desperate to hijack the oil interventionist agency judging by his recent actions. Quoting Emuh, the National Director of Media and Publicity, HOSCON, Okakuro Monday Whiskey, said:  “We are saddened by the current activities of the Niger Delta Minister Chief Godswill Akpabio, who is clandestinely trying all his best to hijack the regional…

The National Union of Chemical Footwear Rubber Leather and Non-Metallic Products Employees (NUCFRLANMPE) on Saturday said that the recent border closure by the Federal Government was threatening the jobs of its members. Mr Goke Olatunji, NUCFRLANMPE’s President, who fielded questions from journalists after a council meeting in Lagos, said that chemical companies could no longer export goods to neighbouring countries. Recall that the busy Seme and Idiroko borders, which separate the country and neighbouring Republic of Benin was closed in August. According to the government, the closure is aimed at checking the influx of smuggled goods, especially rice, small arms…

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has pulled down four two-storey buildings under construction in Ikoyi for failing integrity test. The LASEMA Director-General, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made the disclosure in an interview withNewsmen in Lagos on Saturday. According to him, the four buildings under construction at Glover  Court, Ikoyi, were in the same compound where a building collapsed on Friday. “The test was conducted by Solid Material Testing Agency, Lagos State Building Control Agency and the Ministry of Physical Planning. Shaibu denies attacking Obaseki, Oba of Lagos “The test was conducted following rescue of four persons and recovery of…

Deputy Governor of Edo State, Hon Philip Shaibu, has denied allegations by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole that he caused the attack on Governor Godwin Obaseki and Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu. Shaibu, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Musa Ebhomeni, said he could not have caused what he described as ‘the unfortunate incident that happened this evening.’ He said: “The Governor, his deputy, Oba of Lagos and their entourage were at the gate of the National Chairman of our great party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to pay him the usual homage since they were in his domain. Oshiomhole blames Shaibu…